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Issue Details

Issue	#81
Published	February 1954
Frequency	Eight times yearly - monthly except Jan., May, July and Nov.
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	44
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "Two-Face Strikes Again!"

Characters	Batman; Robin; Two-Face
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Winslow Mortimer (confirmed by Mortimer)
Inks	Winslow Mortimer (confirmed by Mortimer)

10 page Batman story "Two-Face Strikes Again!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Tarando; Charles Ford; Commissioner Gordon; John Fields Benson
Synopsis	When the reformed Harvey Dent tries to prevent a robbery, he is caught in an explosion and reverts to Two-Face. He embarks on a new crime spree, and Batman and Robin deduce that Two-Face is going after people who commonly show two faces to the world. At a ceremony making Bruce Wayne honorary chief of a local tribe, Batman and Robin are trapped by Two-Face and strapped to a giant coin. Two-Face flips the coin over a bed of spikes, and though the gimmick is rigged to land face down, the dynamic duo manages to create a magnetic field and flip the coin so that they land safely on top of the coin above the spikes.
Genre	superhero
Script	David Vern (confirmed by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Dick Sprang (confirmed by Sprang)
Inks	Charles Paris (confirmed by Paris)
Reprinted	in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Bonanza, 1971 series) #nn; in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) #nn; in Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329; in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1990 series) #nn; in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1992 series) #nn

Half page Shorty filler

Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page Binky public service announcement "The Best Present of All!"

Characters	Binky
Genre	teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Winslow Mortimer
Inks	Winslow Mortimer
Letters	Ira Schnapp

2 page Varsity Vic filler

Genre	teen humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

9 page Batman story "The Boy Wonder Confesses!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred; Mr. Camera (Introduction, villain)
Synopsis	When Dick is late to school one morning, he is asked by his teacher why....and he tells them that he was out catching a crook as Robin the Boy Wonder.....then goes outside and proves it!
Genre	superhero
Script	David Vern (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
Inks	Stan Kaye
Letters	Pat Gordon
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-19-07.
Reprinted	in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #185 (October-November 1966); in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #3/1970; in Lynvingen (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #11/1967

Half page Quick Quiz activity

Script	H. T. Elmo (signed)
Pencils	H. T. Elmo (signed)
Inks	H. T. Elmo (signed)
Letters	H.T. Elmo
Notes	Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 10-19-07.

2 page text story "The Cruelest Racket in the World"

Genre	crime
Script	J. E. Melrose (signed)
Letters	typeset

1 page Casey the Cop filler

Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

9 page Batman story "The Phantom Bandit of Gotham City!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Phantom Bandit ["Muggsy" Morton] (introduction, villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Dick Sprang
Notes	Inker revision verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Credit previously given to Charles Paris.